Back in the summer of 2012 we told you that Penn Herb, a leading herbal remedy store, would be demolishing their store and several other buildings at 2nd & Green and replacing them with a new building that would contain a new flagship store and fourteen apartments. By November, the old buildings were gone and construction was underway. The speed from announcement to the start of construction suggested that the buildout would run swiftly, but that hasn't been the case. More than a year later, the building was only built up to one story. Almost another entire year has passed and the project is still just sort of creeping along. It's interesting to compare this timeline with that of the Summit at University City, which has risen almost all of its 24 stories in half the time.

Current view

We reached out to Penn Herb to check on the status of the project, as a reader checked in recently to inform us that construction was apparently stalled. According to the Penn Herb people, work is ongoing inside even though not much has happened outside for several months. Assuming that's the case and things are moving along inside, it seems that the building will wrap up sometime next year.

Project rendering

C'mon guys, it's the home stretch! Let's push through the construction and finish this bad boy! The neighbors are getting a little restless after two years of blocked sidewalks, and we can't say we blame them at this point.